Percy Houfton

Who is Percy Houfton?

Percy Bond Houfton was a late-19th century and early-20th century architect.

Percy Houfton was born 1873 in Alfreton and educated at St Mary's House School in Chesterfield. He started work for his older cousin, J. P Houfton at the Bolsover and Creswell Colliery Company. He was awarded a certificate in mine management in 1897 and was elected to the Institute of Mining Engineers.

After designing Creswell Model Village for the colliery company in 1905, he turned to architecture and opened his own practice in Chesterfield in 1898. Much of his work was for colliery companies and designing private houses. In 1905 he was awarded a prize of £100 for producing the best cottage at Letchworth Garden City. Between 1907 and 1909 Sir Arthur Markham of Brodsworth Colliery employed him to build Woodlands, a model village for employees at his colliery near Doncaster. Houfton applied garden village principles designing the houses in an Arts and Crafts style with large gables reminiscent of the style of Voysey.

He became a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1925.

He had obituaries in

The Builder 130:826 May 21, 1926

RIBA Journal 33:495 26 June 1926